My diet is a mixture of excellence and trash.* I know this, and most of the time it works well enough for me. But this week it became evident that it’s skewed much too far toward trash.
Thursday and Friday I felt horrible, and every time I ate something, I could tell almost immediately whether that particular choice had been a mistake. Most of the time, it was a mistake.
So–at least for now–no more bacon. I love bacon, but bacon is not loving me. And that goes true for salt in general. I was able to cut way back on salt when I was pregnant with Baguette, so I know I can do it now. And I’m cutting way back on meals out and prepared foods, because those are part of the salt-and-other-chemicals problem I’m having.
I’ve stocked up on fruit and Greek yogurt (oh, wait, I think I need more by now), and am trying to have a Yakult a day for more probiotics. I’ve pulled a loaf of pumpkin bread out of the freezer, and later today I’ll fix a bunch of hard-cooked eggs.
Also, last night I made curried lentils and brown rice–my first time cooking lentils. And I loved it! Lots of leftovers mean I’ll have several lunches during the week, too.
Curried Lentils and Brown Rice (adapted from Supermarket Vegan)
3/4 cup brown rice (I only had 1/2 cup and supplemented white rice for the remainder–it still turned out okay)
3/4 cup lentils, picked over and rinsed
1 can vegetable broth
1 can plus 1/4 cup water
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. dried minced onion
1 tsp. garlic powder
black pepper
coarse-ground white pepper
Put everything in a sauce pan and bring to boil. Lower heat until it is just simmering and cover. Stirring occasionally, cook for 45-50 minutes, or until lentils and rice are tender and water is mostly absorbed.
Further confirmation that it was time to overhaul my diet? I already feel much better. Not 100%, but much, much better.
*Not actual trash. I’m not Oscar. Even if I do have my Grouchy moments.
Photo by clurr, via Flickr. Creative Commons.